"According to Dr. Web, the 57 percent of the infected Macs are located in the US and 20 percent are in Canada. Like older versions of the malware, the latest Flashback variant searches an infected Mac for a number of antivirus applications before generating a list of botnet control servers and beginning the process of checking in with them. Now that the fix for the Java vulnerability is out, however, there's no excuse not to update--the malware installs itself after you visit a compromised or malicious webpage, so if you're on the Internet, you're potentially at risk."

"For many in the technology business, this is just the latest chapter in a battle that most would like to see wrap up -- and quickly as possible, please. But since Yahoo was first to loose its lawyers, there's no shortage of critics in Silicon Valley who fault the company's tactics and strategy."